DVD RAM in Ubuntu 6.10 won't mount
mobo: asus P4-LA (that is what it says, but I have never been able to find support for it anywhere)
cpu: celeron 2.6 ram: 1 gig pc 2200 (I think) DVD/RAM drive: Maddog megastor (MD-18XTFI) kernel: 2.6.15-27-386 HDD: 80 gig Maxtor How do I get the drive to work? I've tried to mount it, but it gives me this: mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc, missing codepage or other error in some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so I'm a :newbie: and therefore I have no clue what this means (other than it means it's not gonna work) Help please? Thanks /me |
A few suggestions come to mind:
1. You will see those error messages if the disc is blank, or damaged. Sure you don't have a blank / damaged disc in the drive? 2. I assume you have kernel level support for the DVD filing system? Are you using a custom compiled kernel? 3. Do you have Windows on that machine? Does it work with the DVD drive? 4. Does your kernel have VFAT support? 5. Have you tried mounting with mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom -t vfat? I sometimes used to get your exact error message if I forgot to add the "-t vfat" option on my older 2.6.9-1.667 (FC3 stock kernel). 6. Are you sure your master / slave settings on your IDE setup for the drive are correct? Sorry if you've tried all the above already, but sometimes its the really simple, fixable stuff that'll get you going, not some whizbang technical problem... |
Well,
1. The disk is blank, and that is why I want to use it, to put stuff on it. 2. I don't know what a custom compiled kernel is, nor do I know wether I have kernel level support for the DVD filing system. 3. It is recognized in windoze, and I acctuallly have not tried writing to it in windows (silly me, shoulda thought of that) 4. VFAT? 5. "mount: mount point /mnt/cdrom0 does not exist" This is the error I get when I try that. 6. yes The Disk shows up on the desktop, and I can open up a folder to see the contents (none) and then when I try to drag and drop, it says that I don't have permissions. |
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mkdir /mnt/cdrom now try mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom -t vfat as root. Note that this is sometimes distro dependant (i. e. it might be mount /dev/dvd /mnt/cdrom -t vfat or even mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom -t vfat) Quote:
In summation: 1. You cannot mount a blank disk. It has nothing on it, so there is nothing to mount. 2. You need a third party app to burn stuff to a disc. As far as I know XP like functionality of dragging and dropping to burn to a disc is something you'll need to configure yourself. 3. Be sure that the drive actually works (try it in windows) before trying to get it going in Linux. Let us know how you get on... |
dvd issues
Ok ive run into this same issue it either mounts my game dvd disk as a blank dvd or not at all it was the dvd disk i tried a different brand and wala works perfect.
Not sure what the issue is i use the disk in windows on the same pc so for some reason ubuntu is not reading that brand of dvd disk correctly maybe its a bug or just no support maybe it will be something fixed later. "If your wondering why its a copied game i copy all my game disks and use the copy to play and keep the originals safe from scratches and other damages." |
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